Quoting Eddie Armstrong <eddie_armstrong at ntlworld.com>:
> Rob Beard wrote:
>> I'd be reluctant to use NTFS on a Linux box. I'd personally use EXT3
>> format over some proprietary file system with fragmentation issues. It
>> doesn't appear to mention that it is possible to get an EXT3 driver for
>> Windows, and in any case, if the machine died I'd use an Ubuntu Live CD
>> to get the data off.
>>>>>> Thanks for all the tips - will be trying it all this weekend.
> Eddie
>
Good luck. The basic installation will probably only take you 20
minutes or so depending on the hardware, you also have the option of
installing a standard server or a LAMP server (which is a standard
server plus Apache, MySQL and PHP - saves a few minutes installing
them separately, but you might want to go for the standard server
option).
Maybe someone else might want to advise on partitioning the drives, I
can never remember if /var should have more space than /usr. IIRC
it's down to what you want to use the server for.
Rob